My Mom is planning on throwing an after wedding brunch the next day since most of the family is coming from out of town. My fiancée and I live 10 minuets from the hotel she’s hosting it at and were thinking that we’d just go back home after the ceremony but now we aren’t sure. I’ve always imagined going to a fancy hotel the night of, but we live together so really those rules don’t apply. What should we do?

There is something really, really nice about having a great hotel room that night. You don’t have to deal with your messes at home, everything is beautiful, and clean, and you are separated from any stressors at home. It’s just you and your husband. You’ll be surprised how busy and crazy things get the week before the wedding – you’ll be grateful for the peace and space away from all of that for the night!

Stay at the hotel! You can probably get the room for free if you have a lot of wedding guests staying there. Plus, it will let you totally relax for the night, even if all you do is sleep 😉 In my opinion, if I went home, I would probably end up checking email or cleaning up stuff or whatever. Just relax and enjoy and throw the towels on the floor if you want!

We live down the street from the hotel our wedding was at, but we still splurged and stayed in the hotel the night before and night of the wedding. It was a lot of money that we did not need to spend, but it was nice and I am glad we did it.